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looking to buy a piece of brass screen or substitute mm 10-27-2006
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Posted by Paul Franklin on October 28, 2006, 6:52 am


wrote:

>I'm looking to buy a small piece of brass screen. Like the screen in
>a kitchen faucet aerator except a little bigger. Say 1 inch by 1 inch
>or 1 x 1.5. Although I would gladly buy a piece twice as big, to have
>for a spare, or even bigger. Where do you think I coudl find this for
>sale?**
<snip>

www.smallparts.com

Good place for small quantities of hard to find stuff. A bit pricey,
but if you gotta have it....



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Posted by tbasc@bellsouth.net on October 28, 2006, 8:01 am



mm wrote:
> I'm looking to buy a small piece of brass screen. Like the screen in
> a kitchen faucet aerator except a little bigger. Say 1 inch by 1 inch
> or 1 x 1.5. Although I would gladly buy a piece twice as big, to have
> for a spare, or even bigger. Where do you think I coudl find this for
> sale?**
>
> **They don't have it at Pep Boys, NAPA auto parts, Home Depot, R.E.
> Michel and according to the internet, Lowes. Nor did the plumbing
> supply house I called have it, and he volunteered that he couldn't
> think of a place to recommend. I'd have called more places but it was
> 5PM on Friday.
>
> I need this to make a replacement for the screen that is meant to keep
> rust pieces from entering the petcock on my '69 Honda CB450
> motorcycle. I think it would be easy enough to sew, with copper wire,
> the screen into a tube closed on one end, and then glue that to the
> reserve intake hole.
>
> So this is meant to be immersed in gasoline almost all the time,
> except when I'm down to the last half gallon in the tank, when it will
> be exposed to the air.
>
> Is brass screen the only thing that would work?
>
> If I can't find brass, what about steel screen?? I think I found a
> screen, maybe with holes a little bit too big, but pretty good, that
> was meant to be inserted in a sink to keep crud from going down the
> drain. It was 3 or 4 dollars and I could take it apart.
>
> What about aluminum screen?? Again, the holes are a little too big,
> but it would be verrry easy to get. Will it dissolve in gasoline
> after a couple years? I can't think of any part of any other fuel
> system that is made out of aluminum.
>
>
> I looked under "metals" in YP.yahoo.com and found a bunch of companies
> with good names, but no easy way to tell who had brass and who had
> screening, and if anyone had brass screen.
>
> What about fireplace screens? Is the screen part made out of brass,
> or only the fame, and if it is, are there any with small holes?
> (There is a real big fireplace store here that probably has parts of
> old screens around.)
>
> Remove NOPSAM to email me..

Try smallparts.com


Posted by Paladin on October 28, 2006, 8:50 am


wrote:

....

>I need this to make a replacement for the screen that is meant to keep
>rust pieces from entering the petcock on my '69 Honda CB450
>motorcycle....

Your gas tank is rusting on the inside? Why not fix the cause rather
than try to prevent the results?

http://www.eastwoodco.com/jump.jsp?itemID=382&itemType=PRODUCT&path=1%2C2%2C389%2C390%2C398&KickerID=353&KICKER

10166 Z Gas Tank Sealer Kit For Cycles $33.99

Posted by cm on October 28, 2006, 8:55 am


I have some bronze screen I could send you. Window bug screens were made
from bronze in travel trailers up until the early 50's.



cm

www.vintagetrailersforsale.com


> I'm looking to buy a small piece of brass screen. Like the screen in
> a kitchen faucet aerator except a little bigger. Say 1 inch by 1 inch
> or 1 x 1.5. Although I would gladly buy a piece twice as big, to have
> for a spare, or even bigger. Where do you think I coudl find this for
> sale?**
>
> **They don't have it at Pep Boys, NAPA auto parts, Home Depot, R.E.
> Michel and according to the internet, Lowes. Nor did the plumbing
> supply house I called have it, and he volunteered that he couldn't
> think of a place to recommend. I'd have called more places but it was
> 5PM on Friday.
>
> I need this to make a replacement for the screen that is meant to keep
> rust pieces from entering the petcock on my '69 Honda CB450
> motorcycle. I think it would be easy enough to sew, with copper wire,
> the screen into a tube closed on one end, and then glue that to the
> reserve intake hole.
>
> So this is meant to be immersed in gasoline almost all the time,
> except when I'm down to the last half gallon in the tank, when it will
> be exposed to the air.
>
> Is brass screen the only thing that would work?
>
> If I can't find brass, what about steel screen?? I think I found a
> screen, maybe with holes a little bit too big, but pretty good, that
> was meant to be inserted in a sink to keep crud from going down the
> drain. It was 3 or 4 dollars and I could take it apart.
>
> What about aluminum screen?? Again, the holes are a little too big,
> but it would be verrry easy to get. Will it dissolve in gasoline
> after a couple years? I can't think of any part of any other fuel
> system that is made out of aluminum.
>
>
> I looked under "metals" in YP.yahoo.com and found a bunch of companies
> with good names, but no easy way to tell who had brass and who had
> screening, and if anyone had brass screen.
>
> What about fireplace screens? Is the screen part made out of brass,
> or only the fame, and if it is, are there any with small holes?
> (There is a real big fireplace store here that probably has parts of
> old screens around.)
>
> Remove NOPSAM to email me..



Posted by Al Bundy on October 28, 2006, 11:53 am



> I'm looking to buy a small piece of brass screen. Like the screen in
> a kitchen faucet aerator except a little bigger. Say 1 inch by 1 inch
> or 1 x 1.5. Although I would gladly buy a piece twice as big, to have
> for a spare, or even bigger. Where do you think I coudl find this for
> sale?**
>
> **They don't have it at Pep Boys, NAPA auto parts, Home Depot, R.E.
> Michel and according to the internet, Lowes. Nor did the plumbing
> supply house I called have it, and he volunteered that he couldn't
> think of a place to recommend. I'd have called more places but it was
> 5PM on Friday.
>
> I need this to make a replacement for the screen that is meant to keep
> rust pieces from entering the petcock on my '69 Honda CB450
> motorcycle. I think it would be easy enough to sew, with copper wire,
> the screen into a tube closed on one end, and then glue that to the
> reserve intake hole.
>
> So this is meant to be immersed in gasoline almost all the time,
> except when I'm down to the last half gallon in the tank, when it will
> be exposed to the air.
>
> Is brass screen the only thing that would work?
>
> If I can't find brass, what about steel screen?? I think I found a
> screen, maybe with holes a little bit too big, but pretty good, that
> was meant to be inserted in a sink to keep crud from going down the
> drain. It was 3 or 4 dollars and I could take it apart.
>
> What about aluminum screen?? Again, the holes are a little too big,
> but it would be verrry easy to get. Will it dissolve in gasoline
> after a couple years? I can't think of any part of any other fuel
> system that is made out of aluminum.
>
>
> I looked under "metals" in YP.yahoo.com and found a bunch of companies
> with good names, but no easy way to tell who had brass and who had
> screening, and if anyone had brass screen.
>
> What about fireplace screens? Is the screen part made out of brass,
> or only the fame, and if it is, are there any with small holes?
> (There is a real big fireplace store here that probably has parts of
> old screens around.)
>
> Remove NOPSAM to email me..


Tried a Head shop? And I don't mean cylinder head. I mean brass screens
for brass smoking pipes. Well they had 'em 35 years ago anyway...

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